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TRANSFORMATION IN 30 DAYS? REALLY?

We are delighted to introduce you to our 30 Day Transformative Journey through yoga. We came up with this challenge because we know how useful yoga is for transforming our outlook in life, our minds and our bodies. It’s a simple fact that every moment of every day, we change. Our bodies have new cells, we come across new situations and life is renewed every moment of every day.

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TRANSFORMATION IN 30 DAYS? REALLY?

We are delighted to introduce you to our 30 Day Transformative Journey through yoga. We came up with this challenge because we know how useful yoga is for transforming our outlook in life, our minds and our bodies. It’s a simple fact that every moment of every day, we change. Our bodies have new cells, we come across new situations and life is renewed every moment of every day.

So we thought that wouldn’t it be fabulous to recognise that we transform every moment of every day, and to embrace it, and make sure that our transformation is in a positive, healthy direction for body and mind.

We see yoga as an indispensable tool in our toolkit for dealing with the challenges, the ups and downs of life. This transformation challenge is for existing yogis to take everything they have learnt on the mat off the mat and learn how yoga can help deepen and improve all your experiences in life.

WHO IS IT FOR?

Anyone who knows there is a brighter self inside of them just trying to get out! The classes are mostly Vinyasa Flow (poses linked to breath in a flow).

This course is suitable for yoga practitioners who already have a fairly feisty movement practice. Some days, some of the classes are seated meditation, which some of you will find really tough. And other days, the Vinyasa flows are fairly speedy and incorporate poses which seasoned yogis will find hard.

Just remember to go at your own pace and be sensible with your body. Don’t do any more than you can do with long, deep breaths and don’t do anything that hurts. Remember all of our bodies are very different. Some of us will find some poses easy, that others find hard. That’s nothing to do with being advanced or not, it’s just how used to moving in this way you are.

WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT?

Each day, you will receive an email together with a yoga practice led by Zephyr Wildman, one of the most senior yoga teachers in the UK. Most of the videos incorporate mindful movement practices, but you will also enjoy meditations, breathing exercise, chanting, yogic sleep and of course, Zephyr’s discussions on all of these topics.

Zephyr will invite you to bring something a little deeper to your ‘on the mat’ yoga experience so that you will be invited to bring a little of what you experience on the mat in life.

You will need to dedicate around 30 minutes each day to the course, although some days will be slightly shorter or longer.

Over the course of 30 days will gain a new perspective on how to approach your friends, family, clients, students and especially yourself.

You will be challenged to look at any habits and emotions through a different lens and learn new techniques to help identify, understand and remedy any imbalances.

If this is your first experience of yoga, some of the concepts and ideas might seem to be a bit of a stretch. But remember, each practice is just an exploration and if the poses and methods speak to you, great. Take what you like and leave the rest.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

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Why not challenge a friend or loved one to join you? We want you to feel supported: Let us know how you get on during the challenge and share your journey with us on social media using #MovementForModernLife + #MoveMoreLiveMore.

STILL NOT SURE?

Check out this review from one of our movers, Joanne, in London:

Everyone else seemed to be functioning normally, ‘just doing it’, ‘sucking it up’ and coping with their equally hectic/ stressful/ being-pulled-in-all-directions lives, so I thought I’d better just ‘power through’, as usual. Then Movement for Modern Life’s 30-Day Transformational Yoga Course landed in my life via Psychologies Editor, Suzy Greaves. As a stoic Northerner, I didn’t expect any ‘transformation’.

The course was addictive, beautiful, fascinating and the reason I got out of bed 30 minutes early, to practice in my PJs every day, in those difficult times. I completed the course - somewhat fitter and calmer, I thought - but not transformed.

I did miss my mornings with MFML though, so subscribed and found a whole world of yoga exploration into different styles I could never have tried outside of my PJs – Ashtanga, Forrest and Jivamukti. Certain teachers became my virtual friends – Jean Hall, Vidya, Andrea Kwiatkowski – and the more difficult my life became, the more hungrily I practised.

Then a series of events took place. I signed up to a Yoga Teacher Training course, I lost my job in the City which meant I was forced to stay in the house I had put up for sale, and I was overwhelmed by how much I had to be grateful for. This may sound like a contradiction, but the love and support of my friends and family truly fortified me and I finally realised I had to stop battling to do what I thought was expected of me, and follow a new path of yoga, health and wellbeing.

Looking back, MFML 30 Day Transformational Yoga Course was a port in the storm of my life which quietly opened my mind and my heart, soothed my soul and enabled me to choose not to return to fight the raging seas, but explore this new place. I will be forever grateful.

Namaste.

Your Classes

Step1

Definition Of Yoga

18:38 | Zephyr Wildman

Your introduction to our Transformation Series with Zephyr Wildman includes a short talk followed by a blissful movement practice.

Turning Inward

22:33 | Zephyr Wildman

Learn to balance the breath and discover the significant effect this can have on your habitual reac-tions, nervous system and general behaviour in life. This video includes the opportunity to put your new knowledge to use right away in a delicious yoga flow.

Finding The Balance

24:43 | Zephyr Wildman

Discover why some days are more blissful than others and how yoga can help you experience this balanced state more often. Tip: It’s to do with your breath! You may need a yoga belt or a scarf for the movement practice.

Body Intelligence

22:07 | Zephyr Wildman

A rounded flow with some light back bends to help you shine from your heart and make more loving choices. You will be invited to reflect on how thought patterns are held in the physical body and commit to positive thinking whilst practicing yoga.

Meditation On Letting Go

11:05 | Zephyr Wildman

Embracing and acknowledging that sixth sense of intuition is the goal of this meditation practice; finding solace and even confidence within ourselves, even though the world around us seems to be in a state of chaos. Connecting with the breath and experiencing the release of the stress and dis-ease built up in our daily lives is an incredible transformative step in how we then communicate with ourselves and those around us. That communication begins to stem from a knowing that is deep inside you, a confidence and command of yourself you may have forgotten you even pos-sessed.

Stabilising Emotional Energy

22:22 | Zephyr Wildman

This practice is concentrated around the energy centre at the base of the pelvis to create good physical stability. This area of our body is associated with the emotional idea of self preservation and physical identity associated with survival. A focus on this centre, and building stability within this centre will create and nurture the emotional need to validate your right to be here and the story of you.

Self Acceptance

22:09 | Zephyr Wildman

With this practice we will move to strengthen our internal sense of space and expansion of the heart. This allows our vulnerability to be expressed in a non-threatening way and helps us find love and kindness for ourself and others.

Focus on Communication

28:04 | Zephyr Wildman

A well-rounded movement practice to develop clear communication and resonance. This class also offers the opportunity to use the ancient practice of chanting as a way to vocalize and get sound to our thoughts and intentions using bumble bee breath and a simple chant, om.

Seeing Ourselves Clearly

18:25 | Zephyr Wildman

A practice to strengthen your focus. You will move through a sequence of physical movements whilst directing the gaze and thoughts at one point in the room with the goal of losing attachment to the rest of the room. An active and intentional method of controlling the focus of the eyes which in turn focuses the attention of the mind.

Self Knowledge

24:21 | Zephyr Wildman

With this practice we will move to strengthen our ability to define ourselves, not by our stories, but by what we truly know of ourselves. As the final mental emotional mental centre we will be working with this practice will re-emphasise some of the fundamentals of yoga which are to rediscover, re-store and heal ourselves. You will need a belt and a block.

I Am

30:36 | Zephyr Wildman

A movement practice designed to be used with the mantra, So Ham, meaning I am. This will reinforce your sense of being enough, deserving and worthy of success. The use of a mantra in this way helps protect the mind from the habitual ways it becomes distracted and helps us connect the body and mind.

Taking Root & Growing

30:51 | Zephyr Wildman

A movement practice to develop the metaphor of the growing seed. You will be invited to shower your seed with love and kindness to help you internally grow and become more grounded while reaching out to others in all aspects of your life.

Our Emotional Self

33:25 | Zephyr Wildman

In today’s practice we will weave our physical practice with our emotional awareness. We all have emotions. It is healthy and normal to experience desirable and undesirable ones. But our behav-iour is the result of influence of those emotions which is most important to address. In this class you will be asked to identify any destructive habitual emotions that you may have and actively practice with its desirable opposite. Connect you closer to calm and peace.

Yoga Nidra: Yogic Sleep

14:18 | Zephyr Wildman

Yoga Nidra, a deep state of yogic sleep, is the perfect technique for when you need a recharge. Allow your mind to be calm, settle your nerves and feel rejuvenated in body and soul with this this 15 minute relaxation. You will be lying still and listening to Zephyr’s words throughout, so make sure you have blankets and whatever else you need to feel warm and comfortable.

Roots of suffering

32:30 | Zephyr Wildman

Another well rounded flow to enjoy but you will also be asked to look at your experience of suffering whilst you move. By thinking about the roots of your suffering you should begin to intuitively create a plan to overcome suffering and you will be encouraged to go out into the world and put your plan into action.

Roots of Suffering: Ignorance

27:51 | Zephyr Wildman

A heart opening practice to open you up and stir up awareness in areas that you might be getting stuck. This class is about starting a fearless journey and being accountable for yourself. With a special focus on the breath and the illumination of ideas that come to the service you will bring a calmer condition to your mind and spirit. And the rest of your day might just mirror that state.

Roots of Suffering: Egotism

22:51 | Zephyr Wildman

Ditch distorted thoughts about yourself and move into a more constructive way of seeing things. Plenty of balances and stretches with peak poses of crow and shoulder stand. Everyone should find a chal-lenge here that will induce internal radiance, create stillness and enable us to connect more closely with our true self.

Roots of Suffering: Attachment

28:49 | Zephyr Wildman

Discover how yielding to discomforts in the body can help you find ease within your mind. With slightly longer than normal holds in each pose, this is the perfect practice to confront any cravings or addictions and find peace in the present moment.

Roots of Suffering: Fear

16:52 | Zephyr Wildman

Face your fears in this short but sweet class. Try some challenging inversions but al-ways with the safety of the wall and plenty of time to recover inbetween. Ends with a gorgeous and well deserved relaxation.